These postcards, forming the bulk of the collection, are arranged
geographically by region, then by country, and within each country
alphabetically by locality. Most countries also include a number of
postcards filed under "folk costumes and customs". The materials for Europe
are extensive, in particular for England, France, Italy, and Spain.
Postcards for London and Paris are arranged as "general" postcards, followed
by significant buildings, monuments, and streets. The number of postcards
for North Africa and the Middle East is considerably smaller. The postcards
for France and Germany in particular document the condition of the
localities pictured prior to the devastation of World War II; those for
Palestine document the country before the destruction caused during and
after the formation of the State of Israel. The number of postcards for the
United States is quite small, and relates primarily to national parks in the
western states. The postcards for Idaho are made from personal photographs
and document a trip undertaken (probably by Wilfred Herman) in 1925;
commercially produced postcards for the Columbia River Highway in Oregon
have similar markings. One-half an archival "shoebox" contains postcards
arranged alphabetically by person. The people represented are primarily
artists, although a significant number of postcards also portray and
document the Bonaparte family, the life of Dante Alighieri, and the life of,
and characters created by, Charles Dickens. An additional one-half shoebox
contains postcards arranged alphabetically by subject, including art that
could not be assigned to a specific artist, musical composers, depictions of
the character of Don Quixote, characters from 16th-century British history,
Popes, members of various European ruling families, and World War I
monuments in France.

This series contains those materials in the collection that are not
postcards. The materials include include prints of Colmar, Paris, and
Strasbourg in France, as well as engraved and photographic plates removed
from printed books (often cut down to 4" x 6"), including John Preston
Neale,
Jones' Views of the Seats, Mansions, Castles,
etc. of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England
, 2nd series (London:
Jones, 1829); Francis Orpen Morris, ed.,
A Series of
Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great
Britain and Ireland
(London: William Mackenzie, c1880);
English Scenery : one hundred and twenty chromo
views
(London: T. Nelson & Sons, n.d.); Aymer Vallance,
Art in England during the Elizabethan and Stuart
periods
(London: Offices of the Studio, 1908); and unidentified
works on Munich and Vienna. Printed materials and ephemera include business
cards, guidebooks, information on various hotels and restaurants, wrappers
from postcard sets, and a program for the fourth annual exhibition of the
Argonaut Society of Penn College, dated June 13, 1889. Personal materials
include an undated letter from a patient to Dr. Herman, and a 1934 telegram
to Frances M. Green from her mother.